The participations file does not contain the personal information (age group, ever a prosecutor or criminal defense lawyer, type of judge) because we committed to the IRB only to disclose this information to researchers agreeing to keep this data confidential; please contact us if you want these data.

The participations file also contains transcribed handwritten reasons. Handwritten reasons for participants IPa were matched based on demographics. Handwritten reasons for participant srw were matched based on it being the only remaining participations without reasons matching the decision (affirm) supported by the reasons submitted without an ID.